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May look beyond France for chopper unit: Naik
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SME Times News Bureau | 20 Aug, 2019
If France is not willing to collaborate with a proposed project for
maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) of helicopters in Goa, the
Defence Ministry is willing to look for other partners, Union Minister
of State for Defence Shripad Naik said on Tuesday.
Naik also
admitted to delay in setting up of the project, which was first proposed
by former Defence minister Manohar Parrikar, but added that a
breakthrough would be on cards within three months.
"In between
that process has slowed down. If France is not ready, we will take
another partner and the project will come, 100 per cent. It is time
consuming," Naik said at a press conference here.
France-based
Safran group, which provides supplies to fighter jet manufacturer
Rafale, in association with Bengaluru-based Hindustan Aeronautics
Limited (HAL), were scheduled to set up a Rs 170-crore facility for
helicopter repair and maintenance in North Goa district.
The project was announced by Parrikar in 2016, but has been running behind schedule.
"That
proposal was in collaboration with the French government," Naik said,
adding that irrespective of the collaborating partner, the project will
get completed. "It is a time consuming. But within three months, it will
happen," Naik added.
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